Informant gets ₦200,000 from ₦13m ransom for nephew’s abduction

Ado Haruna, an informant to bandits, has revealed how he received only ₦200,000 from the ₦13 million ransom paid for the abduction of his nephew, Alhaji Bashiru Anas, and his family.

Haruna, arrested by the Intelligence Response Team (IRT), was among those recently paraded by the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, in Abuja.

Haruna, from Angwa Kanawa Dutse Abba in Zaria, Kaduna State, had tipped off bandits Shago Yaro, Tanimu Ayuba, and Lamido Dantajiri, suggesting that Anas and his family would be a lucrative target for kidnapping.

On the night of the abduction, the bandits raided Anas’s home around 1 a.m., but found him absent. They took his two wives, three children, his younger brother, and his brother’s wife instead.

The victims were held hostage in Buruku Sabo Birni for 60 days, during which ₦13 million, four new motorcycles, and ₦300,000 in Airtel recharge cards were handed over as ransom for their release. Despite his involvement, Haruna only received ₦200,000 from the ransom.

Also paraded was Nyali Hassan, a kidnapper arrested with an AK-47 rifle.

The IRT operatives had received credible intelligence about criminal groups involved in kidnapping and banditry in Makarfi, Bari, Yankin Rago, and Beli towns across Kano and Kaduna states before making the arrest.

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